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Ghana Work Update |
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(Faith & Victory : April
1983) |
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Okla.-Dear workers at the Print Shop, and saints scattered abroad:
Greetings in Jesus' dear name.
I have had one written communication from Bro. Jim Akwasi in Ghana
since I returned home on Jan. 25th. That was one month later, with
the promise he would be writing again soon. He said they watched my
plane take off from Accra with many prayers for my safe return home.
They arrived back in the village two days later, and he reported no
people present on the first Sunday of the meeting of the Church of
God. This was good news and we do thank God.
Ghana is experiencing some internal problems. There was a real
shortage of food when I was there. Just a few days after my return
to the U. S., over one million Ghanaians were returned to Ghana from
a neighboring state, with only the clothing they were wearing. This,
no doubt, is affecting some or all of the dear ones I left there.
Please pray for them, that they stay faithful to God. This would
seem a hard situation for newborn babes to face, but God knows all
about the situation, and He is able to keep them through it all.
Pray that mail will not be tied up, but that someone over here will
be able to hear from them soon.
Yours for souls all over the world,
-Sis. Dorothy Keiser
[At press time: Sis. Dorothy Keiser has informed us that she
received a letter from Bro. Jim Akwasi on March 28. The letter gave
a good spiritual report of much interest among the people and a
number of new converts; however, it also brought the sad news of a
disaster in that area. A fire had been raging out of control and had
burned over 100,000 acres of land, consuming all farms along with
their staple crops, and some have lost their personal belongings,
etc. Bro. Jim stated that some people have been burned while trying
to protect their farms, but there had not been any loss of life. The
country has been in a drought since Sept., 1982. Food items were
very scarce when Sis. Keiser was over there; now with their crops
destroyed by fire it seems that starvation will be prevalent. Sis.
Keiser is investigating the possibility of sending food to them.
Let's pray much for these dear people. If anyone desires to donate
to this cause, or if you desire more information, you may contact
Sis. Dorothy Keiser at Rt. 6 Box 8 B, Shawnee, Ok. 74801. -Editor] |
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Report of
Conditions In Ghana |
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(Faith & Victory : May
1983) |
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Okla.-Dear Bro. Flynn, co-workers, and all the saints scattered
abroad: Greetings in the lovely name of Jesus.
The return to Ghana of approximately two million Ghanaians from
Nigeria, with only what they had on their backs, and the fire which
burned up many acres of crops (their food), has been a great trial
of faith to the dear saints there. Bro. Jim Akwasi writes that they
have been living on tapioca, which is a root they use like
potatoes.
I have written to them believing that their local relief agencies
would be a quicker source of food for them than through our agencies
here; CARE is not operating in Ghana.
The cost of sending food in such an amount by air would be
prohibitive, and to send food by boat would take at least six
months; also, there is the possibility that it would never reach
them because of thievery or wind up on the black market. Just do
whatever God tells you to do. Money doesn't seem to be their problem
in regard to food-there just isn't any food to buy. I have written
them asking how the money should be handled that has come in for
this purpose. I have sent them some money and am just waiting to
hear from them. They are in a hard place, but our God has a way of
working in hard places to show Himself strong in behalf of his
trusting children. I felt impressed to pray for the rains to come so
they could plant their crops again.
Bro. Jim's letter to me dated Mar. 22, was more encouraging. The
rains have started slowly, and they were beginning to plant. Thank
God for answered prayer! I have sent 2 packages of garden seeds
(over 2 Ibs.) by air. . . . Do pray with me that they will get
there, and that they will adjust to their climate and soil. I will
send more regularly if they get them.
Another work has been started in Afrancho, with 26 members. . . .
Money is coming in for their needs of a chapel and mission house. We
do thank God for the way He is working.
Yours for souls all over the world,
-Sis. Dorothy Keiser |
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Mission Work in
Ghana |
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(Faith & Victory : June
1983) |
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Okla.-Dear Bro. Flynn and saints
scattered abroad: Greetings of Christian love in Jesus' dear name.
I am coming your way again with the
latest news I have received from Ghana. Bro. Jim Akwasi reports that
his uncle, Duku, who is a military man, has contacted the President
of Ghana in regard to obtaining a one year visa for a resident
missionary in Ghana, and that it has been granted; all they need is
a name to put on it.
God has prepared and is preparing
the hearts of the people in Ghana for gospel labor. The door is open
for someone to enter. I am wondering who will heed the Macedonian
call, "Come over into Ghana and help us"? …..
Let us not say, "There are yet four
months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up
your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to
harvest." John 4:35. There are so many demands for our time today,
that it becomes easy to put off needful things to some time out in
the future. Next January it will be one year since I went to Ghana.
There is a great need for an established work of God there. The
field is so new that it shouldn't be left unattended. There are many
false movements abroad which are only too anxious to take unguarded
sheep.
By September of this year (three
months away), it seems that someone should have the knowledge of a
definite call from God to go to Ghana; and by Jan., 1984, (six
months away) that person called should be ready to go-passport,
visa, ticket, and a consecrated, prepared, qualified heart ready for
service. . . .
I have some good slides to show and
many interesting things to tell of my trip to and of life in Ghana.
If anyone would like to talk with or write to me regarding Ghana, I
will be happy to help in any way I can.
I want to thank everyone for the
offerings which have been sent for the work in Ghana, and for the
many prayers that have ascended to heaven for them in their hours of
great need. Continue to keep them in your heart. Pray for me, that I
will ever be faithful wherever God places me in the harvest fields
of the world.
Yours in Him,
-Sis. Dorothy Keiser |
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Ghana Report |
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(Faith & Victory :
September 1983) |
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Okla.-Dear Bro. Flynn, workers in the Print Shop, and all saints
everywhere: Greetings of Christian love to everyone in the lovely
name of Jesus.
Once again I come your way on behalf of the work of the Church of
God in Akumadan-Ash, and Afrancho, Ghana, West Africa. Bro. Jim
Akwasi writes that the work there is coming right along with the
adding of new converts into the household of God. . . . Money that
has been sent to them from the saints in America for the building of
a chapel has been going into the purchase of supplies for the
building. They are looking to Nigeria for some of their needs as
supplies are scarce and high-priced in Ghana. Pray that God will
guide them.
Food is still scarce. They have at least part of the seed which was
sent to them, and it has adjusted to the soil and climate of Ghana.
Harvest is in the month of September, and we are looking to God for
a bountiful crop of fresh food to go with their yams and tapioca.
Soon after I returned from Ghana last January, a precious young
sister threw her arms around me and said she would like to go back
to Ghana with me. I do believe that we have a young missionary in
the making, but it doesn't seem that now is the time for her to go.
I love her very much and appreciate her missionary zeal, and her
time to go for God will come.
No other person has talked to me seriously of going to Ghana as a
resident missionary. After being there and seeing with my own eyes
their needs-experiencing hunger along with them, seeing a spiritual
reaching out for the gospel, and the open door set before us, I am
constrained to go back to them for a while. I have started to make
preparations to return to Ghana in Jan., 1984. I know that world
conditions could change things over night, and things within Ghana
could close the door forever, but I have fully committed this into
God's hands and I press forward. I ask for the prayers of the saints
everywhere for His protecting hand upon my going in and out, for my
health, and that a harvest of souls will be forthcoming from this
missionary effort.
Yours for souls around the world,
-Sis. Dorothy Keiser |
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